by Nell Freudenberger2003/2005, USA
Of course the cover of this book was the first thing that draw my attention...
The book contains a number of short stories. I'm not an avid reader of short stories...prefer a longer one in which I can completely absorb myself, but the setting in Asia made me eager to give it a try.
The stories are good in itself... I enjoyed reading them and I found myself liking the characters and wanting to get to know them better. So the writer definitely knows how to build up a character. What annoyed me was that the endings of the stories were a bit out of nowhere and in that way it kept being a bit shallow. So for me it could have been worked out more.
The last story could not really hold my attention, my mind kept wandering which was disappointing as it is what the book ends with. In that way it wasn't one of those books of which you are sorry that it is finished ;-).
All in all I'm not totally convinced of this writer yet, but am curious to her second book which apparently is based on her Chinese travel experiences.
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I can certainly see why you were attracted to this book, too, from the cover design! That would make me want to read it, too.
Like you, I am not always that eager to read collections of short stories(although Katherine Mansfield and William Trevor short stories are favorites of mine)
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